Late Deco Style French Wooden Side Table

A really unusual rustic table. Sculptural wood top above chunky legs. Sourced in France but likely Indonisian or the like in origin. France, c1980s. Likely late 20th century....

A low Japanese style coffee table. France, c1930s. Large in size. Good condition. Internal Ref: 24/04/24/014. M/S Location: Belgium Gallery. Dimensions: 202 W x 100 D x 31 H ...

A mid to late 20th century desk. Architectural form with a large open table top and staggered shelfs. France, c1980s. Good condition, some wear commensurate with age. ...

A stylish petite desk. France, c1970s. In the manner of Maison Regian. Likely to be elm or very well simulated elm wood. Ideal as a desk or vanity unit. Good condition gene...

Our table was made of birch, solid and veneered, stained a rich brown, and topped off with a slab of Bohemian breccia marble. We date it to around 1928, and attribute the design to Fritz August Breuhaus de Groot, who coined the term Kultivierte Sachlichkeit (Cultured Objectivity) to describe his work, and distinguish it from the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) practiced by his contemporaries Walter Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, and Lily Reich. The table bears a passing resemblance to a considerably simplified, marble-topped ovoid one that he designed for his 1934 Berlin living room. Breuhaus was a man on the make. The first of his three marriages was to the daughter of an industrialist, who financed the building of luxury villas and workers’ housing designed by his son-in-law. In 1929, Breuhaus, the son of a dentist, added “de Groot” to his name, falsely linking himself to a distinguished family of painters. By then, he’d been fudging his academic record for years. That didn’t prevent a teaching appointment at the State University of Bavaria, which allowed him to add the prestigious “Herr Professor” prefix to his name. Yet he never followed through on the teaching — he was far too busy designing more luxury villas (commissions he accepted only if he could furnish them as well), and products for his own company, which included furniture, textiles, wallpapers, lighting, and fine silver. In addition to designing aircraft interiors for Lufthansa, and pullman railroad...

French Art Deco side table with shelf, nicely matched wood grain pattern on the top.

Small art deco walnut side table. Professionally stained and repolished.

An exceptional quality, graceful and sculptural French mahogany round table, dating from the 1930s, featuring a flowing, organic base and finely finished circular top. This elegant p...